Great Moravia

State · 814–910 CE · at its largest around 875 CE

A West Slavic state centred on Moravia, where Saints Cyril and Methodius worked from 863. It collapsed in the early 10th century under Magyar attack.

On its lands while it lasted

• Nitra (c. 814 CE): Capital of Principality of Nitra (814–839).
• Great Moravia (c. 833–907 CE): First major Slavic state in Central Europe, centred on the Morava river, which flourished until Magyar invasions in the early 10th century.
• Mission of Cyril and Methodius (863 CE): Byzantine brothers sent as missionaries to Great Moravia, who created the Glagolitic alphabet and translated the liturgy into Old Church Slavonic.
• Hungarian conquest (c. 895 CE): Magyar tribes led by Árpád crossed the Carpathians and settled the Pannonian Basin, laying the foundation of the Hungarian state.
• Esztergom (c. 900 CE): Capital of Principality of Hungary (900–999), Kingdom of Hungary (1001–1256).
• Bratislava (907 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1546).

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